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Yahoo
16-03-2025
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Canada dominates World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
Canada won six of the nine events at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Beijing, taking momentum into the 2025-26 Olympic season. Steven Dubois led the way with four titles, including individually in the men's 500m and 1000m and with the men's and mixed-gender relays. William Dandjinou, the world's top-ranked man this season, took the 1500m. Canada also won the women's 3000m relay, plus took silver in all three individual women's events -- Courtney Sarault in the 1000m and 1500m and Rikki Doak in the 500m. Canada won the most events outright at worlds for the first time since 1994. SHORT TRACK: Full Results Dubois, a 5-foot, 6-inch 27-year-old from Quebec, earned his first individual world titles in his sixth appearance at worlds. Dubois was sixth overall at the 2018 Olympic Trials, where the top five made up the team for PyeongChang. He made it to the 2022 Olympics and won a medal of every color -- relay gold, 1500m silver and 500m bronze. Dandjinou, a 6-foot, 3-inch 23-year-old from Quebec, has climbed to the top of the sport since being the alternate for the 2022 Olympic team. Dandjinou's father, Alain, left his native Cote d'Ivoire for Canada in 1990 and became familiar with skating from his first job making the ice at an outdoor rink at Université de Sherbrooke, according to CBC Sports. The best U.S. finish at worlds was fourth in the men's relay. American Kristen Santos-Griswold, the world's top-ranked woman this season, withdrew from worlds after she was involved in a collision on Friday's qualifying day. "I've always prided myself on my ability to persevere through falls and injuries," she posted Sunday. "I kept the door open to race today on the final day of World Champs, but unfortunately, it's just not the safe or smart choice this time. While I'm heartbroken to miss racing on the biggest stage of the season and in front of the amazing crowd here in Beijing, I have so much to be proud of this year. Looking ahead to next year and the Olympic season, I'm more excited and determined than ever. Oh yeah... and you can catch me rocking number 1 on my helmet next season." Corinne Stoddard, ranked No. 3 in the world this season, did not compete at worlds in order to prioritize her health. Kristen Santos-Griswold kept skating after Olympic heartbreak and is better than ever Kristen Santos-Griswold is coming off the best season for a U.S. short track speed skater in over a decade. Nick Zaccardi, Nick Zaccardi,
Yahoo
15-03-2025
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Kristen Santos-Griswold rests at short track worlds after relay collision
American Kristen Santos-Griswold sat out Saturday's races at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships to rest after colliding with another skater in a relay on Friday. Santos-Griswold collided with Canadian Danaé Blais in the first round of the mixed-gender relay in Beijing. Blais crashed first in an area where teams were making relay exchanges. Blais got up and began taking steps to avoid incoming skaters, but couldn't get out of the traffic area entirely before Santos-Griswold skated into her after making an exchange. Medical professionals tended to the skaters for one to two minutes before each skated off the ice slowly with one person holding each's arm. Santos-Griswold held padding to her mouth. She was later taken to a hospital as a precaution, according to the International Skating Union. 'While she is not seriously injured, she is pretty banged-up and whether she races tomorrow, we will make that decision in the morning," U.S. head coach Stephen Gough said Friday, according to the ISU. U.S. Speedskating later posted that Santos-Griswold would rest Saturday before making a decision on whether to race on the last day of worlds on Sunday. "Our top priority is the health and well-being of our athletes, and we look forward to her full recovery," the post read. Blais posted that she will miss the rest of worlds due to injury. The final rounds of the women's 1000m were Saturday, with Belgian Hanne Desmet taking the title. The final rounds of the women's 500m and 1500m are Sunday. Santos-Griswold won a medal in all five events at the 2024 World Championships, including her first world title in the 1000m. This season, she became the third American to win an overall season title as the top-ranked skater combining results across the 500m, 1000m and 1500m. Kristen Santos-Griswold kept skating after Olympic heartbreak and is better than ever Kristen Santos-Griswold is coming off the best season for a U.S. short track speed skater in over a decade. Nick Zaccardi, Nick Zaccardi,
NBC Sports
12-03-2025
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JORDAN STOLZ, REIGNING WORLD ALLROUND CHAMPION, HEADLINES COVERAGE OF 2025 ISU WORLD SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS LIVE ON PEACOCK THIS WEEK
ISU World Speed Skating Championships, Featuring Stolz and 2022 Beijing Olympic 500m Gold Medalist Erin Jackson, Begin This Thursday, March 13, at 1 p.m. ET on Peacock, Live from Hamar, Norway ISU World Short Track Championships, Featuring Team USA's Defending 1000m World Champion Kristen Santos-Griswold, Begin Saturday, March 15, at 2 a.m. ET on Peacock, Live from Beijing Same-Day Coverage of Both Events to Air on CNBC This Week STAMFORD, Conn. – March 12, 2025 – U.S. speed skating star and 2024 world Allround champion Jordan Stolz is expected to race this week at the 2025 ISU World Speed Skating Championships from Hamar, Norway, beginning Thurs., Mar. 13, live at 1 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock. Also, defending 1000m world champion Kristen Santos-Griswold headlines a competitive field at the 2025 ISU World Short Track Championships from Beijing, China, beginning this Sat., Mar. 15, live at 2 a.m. ET on Peacock. ISU WORLD SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS Live coverage of all four days of the 2025 ISU World Speed Skating Championships from Hamar Olympic Hall in Hamar, Norway, beginning with the first day of action on Thursday, Mar. 13, at 1 p.m. ET, will be presented exclusively on Peacock. CNBC will present same-day coverage of the championships. 2024 world Allround champion Jordan Stolz, who is expected to compete, looks to win his third consecutive world championship in the 500m, 1000m, and 1500m. Also expected to contend is Dutch skater Jenning de Boo, who edged out Stolz by nine hundredths of a second in the 500m at the World Cup event two weeks ago in Heerenveen, Netherlands. The American women's team is expected to be headlined by Erin Jackson, who won gold in the 500m at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. On the CNBC windows, NBC Sports' Bill Spaulding and 2006 Torino Winter Olympic 500m gold medalist Joey Cheek will be on the call. 2025 ISU World Speed Skating Championships Coverage Schedule All times Eastern, check local listings, subject to change. ISU WORLD SHORT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS The 2025 ISU World Short Track Championships from Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China, begin this Saturday, Mar. 15, at 2 a.m. ET on Peacock. The two-day event will be presented live exclusively on Peacock with same-day coverage on CNBC. The U.S. has a strong contingent expected to compete, led by defending 1000m world champion and five-time world medalist Kristen Santos-Griswold and Beijing Olympian Andrew Heo. Santos-Griswold clinched this year's Crystal Globe, awarded for the most points gained across all six World Tour events. The United States also aims to improve upon its third-place finish in the 2000m mixed relay from last year's World Championships. On the CNBC windows, Ted Robinson and two-time Olympic medalist Katherine Reutter-Adamek will be on the call. 2025 ISU World Short Track Championships Coverage Schedule --NBC SPORTS--
NBC Sports
16-02-2025
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- NBC Sports
Santos-Griswold rallies to win 500m short track
Team USA's Kristen Santos-Griswold captures gold in the 500m with a brilliant late-race move during the ISU Short Track World Tour stop in Milan, Italy.
NBC Sports
16-02-2025
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Kristen Santos-Griswold is third American to win short track overall season title
Kristen Santos-Griswold has finished the short track speed skating World Tour season ranked No. 1 in the world, becoming the third American to win an overall title. Santos-Griswold had the best results across 18 total races among the 500m, 1000m and 1500m distances over six stops on the circuit dating to last October. She wrapped up the overall title this weekend at the 2026 Olympic venue in Milan, Italy, winning the 1000m on Saturday and the 500m on Sunday. The previous Americans to finish a short track season ranked No. 1 were eight-time Olympic medalist Apolo Ohno (2000-01, '02-03, '04-05) and Katherine Reutter ('10-11), the last American woman to win an Olympic short track medal in 2010. The annual short track World Cup began in 1998-99. Last season, Santos-Griswold won a medal in all five events at the World Championships, including her first world title in the 1000m. Santos-Griswold made her Olympic debut in 2022 with a best finish of fourth, then took time to decide whether to keep skating. This season brought challenges. Santos-Griswold won four individual races, but also crashed at least six times on the World Tour. 'Bad luck seemed to be the theme of the season for me,' she said recently, according to the International Skating Union. Next up are the World Championships from March 14-16 in Beijing, live on Peacock. Competition could ratchet up in the 2025-26 Olympic season. Dutchwoman Suzanne Schulting, the world No. 1 four consecutive seasons from 2018-19 to 2022-23, spent this season skating long track instead as she worked her way back from breaking an ankle at last March's short track worlds. She has said she wants to race both disciplines at the 2026 Olympics. South Korea's Kim Gil-Li, the 2023-24 overall champion, missed the fifth of six World Tour stops to compete in the Asian Winter Games. That took her out of the running for this season's overall, though she trailed Santos-Griswold after four stops. Nick Zaccardi,
